Physical Density and Urban Sprawl: A Case of Dhaka City - KTH

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Figure 3.2: View showing the dense settlements of Dhaka. Source: Rashid, 2002 The price of land and apartment is very high and as a result poor people do not have access to the formal housing settlements. They build their own houses on the vacant land where the land is owned by government or private sector. Figure 3.3 shows the informal settlements just beside the formal settlements of Dhaka city. Fig 3.3: Low height informal settlements just beside the formal settlements. Source: Sky Scraper City, 2004. 24
3.5 Land use pattern of Dhaka city Dhaka city started to develop after 1947 mainly from the Pakistan period. The residential and commercial areas were developed side by side on mainly along the narrow roads so as to get infrastructure facilities because most of the infrastructure facilities are available along the road side. Figure 3.4 is showing the land use pattern of Dhaka city in 1995. A mixture of residential, commercial and small industries can be seen in old Dhaka. Motijheel area is considered as a commercial area. Dhanmondi was developed as a pure residential area after making first master plan of Dhaka city in 1958 but now this area is Figure 3.4: Land use pattern of Dhaka city. Source: DMDP, 1995. treated as a mix land use area because there are a lot of educational institute, hospital, and commercial centre has been developed in this area. Tejgaon area is used as an industrial area but there are some residential and commercial areas also available. Although the West Tejgaon Farm has been developed to meet the residential demand, mix use land pattern can also be observed there. Dhaka Improvement Trust (DIT) developed Gulshan Model Town, 25
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Page 5 and 6: ABSTRACT Md. Syful Islam: Physical
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